Office Broadband

When choosing an office broadband connection (primarily for smaller businesses), you have the option of cable, DLS, and satellite Internet.

When choosing such a connection, important things to consider include availability, connection speed, and customer service (including technical support).

Connection speed and service uptime may become major points in choosing the service, depending on the type of business buying the service.

For example, financial services firms usually require streaming financial market information and real-time graphs, which takes up a lot of bandwidth.

Also, reliability of the connection (uptime) is important to most businesses relying on a constant stream of information through the Internet.

As for availability, all locations can get satellite Internet (if there is a clear view of the Southern sky from the location).

Some off-city businesses may find hard to find DSL or cable Internet services.

Finally, reliable customer service is usually a cornerstone of the things to consider when choosing an office high speed Internet connection.

As happens with technological office solutions sometimes, there are clitches that need to be sorted out. Getting quality 24/7 phone support is getting more common, but not all service providers offer it yet.

Additional lines of e-mail support and possibly live online customer service representative can complement the overall customer service package.

Office Broadband - Companies

Almost all of the bigger broadband service providers have packages for businesses as well.

Contacting their sales representative will not only give you a more clear view of what's available, but also gives you possibilities to negotiate the price and get additional services thrown in.

Service providers with office broadband solutions include:

• Comcast (cable Internet)
• Time Warner (Road Runner) (cable Internet)
• Cox (cable Internet)
• SBC (DSL)
• Verizon (DSL)
• BellSouth (DSL)